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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-29
YMtbolts EiOtoers in Mnsscs.

The practice commonly followed of dot
ting hardy bulbs among the ordinary oc-
cupants of the herbaceous border is not
calculated 20 convey true idea of their
value One good breadth of Snowdrops or
Datfodils will produce a much finer effect
than the same number of bulbs will give if
distributed over large area of ground.
We have only to note the pleasing effect of
our spring towering bulbs where they are
growing naturally to be convinced that this
is the best plan to adopt. Scillas, Triteleias,
and similar things of lowly growth do not
show to great advantage in small clurnps,
but when seen Towering in large masses
they are very effective. There are few
more pleasing floral pictures than where
the early spring sun lights up good
breadth of the Siberian Squill.
An advantage not TO be lost sight of in
thus grouping hardy bulbs is that one al
ways knows exactly where they are. When
they are dotted about among the miscel-
laneous occupants of the borders their ex-
act whereabouts is often forgotten, and
during the annual cleaning and digging
they are apt to be destroyed. When
borders are being dug l have frequently
seen whole spadeful of bulbs turned up.
This is not at all the treatment that bulbs
like, and is often the cause of rather mys-
terious disappearances that occur with
this class of hardy flowers. FicRs Nigga
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-29

There are various reports among farmers
IS to the value of straw when returned to
the land as an aid to the production of
future crops. We have never held the
opinion that straw possessed any intrinsic
properties of It's own as manure, or to
justify the expenditure of any great amount
OF time or labor upon it looking to that
end without Its being first either passed
through our domestic animals, and thus
mixed with their other and richer food, or
else used in our balnyards and stables as
an absorbent to suck up and hold the
liquid portions of the manure and thus in
sure their better distribution upon the land.
The plan of burning the straw after
spreading it upon the land is not attended
with any good results except that it in
sures the destruction of weed seeds-the
value of the ashes left by its incineration
being very insignificant at best.
The question not unfrequently comes up
between the owners and renters of land as
to the removal of the straw from the
premises of the former being very
persistent in their objection thereto. Ii it
is 10 be made use of, as above intimated,
then we should say by all means it should
be retained upon the land. But if it is to
be merely spread upon the land without
being first passed through the animals
or used as an absorbent, then We can see
no injury done to future crops by its re-
moval.
I hat celebrated agriculturist and expert
menter, j. Is. Lawes, of England, made
the following experiment some years ago,
with the view of testing the intrinsic value
of straw as manure: After having raised
wheat on the same land for twenty four
years in uccession-removing the straw as
well as grain therefrom-he tried the ey-
pertinent of returning to portion of the
land the straw made thereon the previous
year. Accordingly he chose ten plots of
land of equal size, all of which had re-
ceived the same manuring year after year
for the twenty-four years. To five of
these plots he returned the straw annually
after it had been removed, while to the
other five plots the straw was not returned.
To the first five plots the straw, as re-
turned, was merely run through cutting
box, spread evenly upon the land, plowed
under and sown in wheat; the other five
plots, as said before, having no straw re-
turned to them. The results showed but q
trifie difference in the yield, if anything, it
being in favor of the plots to which no straw
had been returned. The experiment was
continued for several years with no per-
eeptible difference in the yield, the plots all
being MANFRED as near as possible alike
ChicdgO Herald.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-29
Hunbug.

Barnum said: ''The American people like
to be humbugged" This may be true in
the line of entertainment, but not where
life is at stake A man with consumption,
or any lingering disease, looking Death IN
the face and seeking to evade his awful
grasp. does not like TO be trifled with. SO
with confidence we place before our read
ers Natures great remedy, Dr. Pierce :
Golden Medical Discovery, sure rellei Tor
that long train of diseases resulting from
impure blood, such as Consumption, Chron-
ic Nasal Catarrh, Liver Complaint, Kidney
Disorder, Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, Scrot,
ula and General Debility. Time-tried and
thoroughly tested, it stands without an
equal ANY druggist
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-29

"SL.O since the dreadful y. Y.
T. Railway disaster. Miss Lafarge has
convalesced rapidly, and her broken
arm is doing very we'll, indeed.
In SIX weeks time she has accom-
plished much. She has won Miss Child
iey's affection and her unbounded CON
hdence, and she rides out daily behind
the dreadful black ponies, whose an
ties are a fresh source of amusement,
for she laughs and applauds heartily,
whether they stand still in utter rebel
lion, or go tearing madly over the
country roads.
n SIX weeks time she has improved
her slight acquaintance with the in
mates Of Bywater Park, has gained the
dislike Of Madam Dundas, the hatred
OF Loo, aud won from the Captain the
warmest admiration.
During the six weeks Captain Hazard
has made many calls upon the fair suf-
fcrer NJ Stubbletield, and appearances
would indicate that his tickle heart has
been almost caught in the meshes the
enchantress has spread for him.
In SIX weeks, poor Loo finds that
stone walls, and cushioned furniture,
and silk gowns are no more conducive
to perfect happiness than were the
thirI-hoor back bedrooms, the sham
pianos, and the cotton frocks of her
former days,
She gets on, however. most unex-
pectedly with Madam Dundas: and this
Is a comfort. But to outbalauce this is
the growing feeling of dislike which
she feels for Miss Lafarge, whom she
often meets now. and the overpowerine
jealousy which consumes her whenever
she sees the Captain and Miss Lafarge
together. Not that the gallant Cap
tain suspects this feeling on Loo's part.
10 the Captain Loo is ice itself.
He shall never smile at the readiness
with which she surrendered to him, she
says angrily to herself. For the Cap
tan thinks nothing of airing his sup
pos 4 conquests in Leo's hearing, and
rather boasts of his proves as a lady's
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-29
NJ any Inventions.

There died in the Old Gentlem an g
Home at Boston, q few days ago, a
man who was identified with the lead
ing mechanical inventions of the
past fifty years. His name was
d. II. Cham berlin, and he was cous-
in to e1-Gov. d. H. Chamberlin.
Some of the devices in inventions
in which he was interested were the
repeating rifle, the hand and power
planer, the spring roll for window cur
tains, the hook and-eye machine, the
kerosene lamp burner, and thelettered
wheel hand stamp.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-29
The Beau Ideal OF IA Family Medicine.

The Beau Ideal OF "A Family Medicine.
A remedy which promptly and completely
lieves ailments of such common occurrence as
Indigestion, constipation, biliousness and dis
orders of malaral type, is assuredly the beau
ideal OF d family medicine Such is Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, which is not only capable c:
Graduating these complaints, but also counter
acting tendency to kidney troubles, rheuma-
tsln, and premature decadencc of stamina
Taking it "aIl round" the phase is, there is
probably not in existence so useful. effective
and agreeable n household panncea as the Bit
tiers Nor is it loss highly esteemed by the
medical profession than by the families Of
America. Numberless testimonials from pro-
fessional sources of irrefragable authenticity
evince its me rit The demand for il abroad, no
less than in the land of its discovery, is certain
ly increasing, time and experience of its benef-
cent effects confirming the high opinion orig
inaly formed OF it,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-29

TIE Chattanooga (Tenn.) Times re-
ports that the white. rust-proof iron ore,
hitherto found only in Sweden, has
been discovered in the mountains near
that city. The ore is said to contain 60
per cent. OF pure iron, while the bed is
six feet thick and of great extent.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-29

keen and twinkling, shrewd in express
sion, and of red color. His clothing
is black and evidently much too tight
for his body, Upon his head is sill
hat, and he carries cane. His walk is
a stride, and he glances around the
room with an air of scorn.
"You say she died in this room?"
The "motherly woman" again mods
IN the affirmative.
SIN this room, near the spot where
you now stand"
"Who was with her when she died %
he asks, biting his lip.
"Only the doctors"
"Was she conscious?"
NO. Directly after the train was
wrecked, a number of the wounded
were brought here. Among them was
the lady You have asked about. She
was terribly burned, and in an uncon
scious condition when she arrived. She
lived but few hours, and died without
realizing her extremity"
"And she was alonc?"
yes. But stop There was lady
who"
"A LADY," he calculates incredu.
lously-"a lady?"
"a LADY," af1irms the "motherly
woman" "And the lady said she was
friend of the girl that died, and J
guess she was. l know she sat by the
body, and she paid the undertaken. and
she followed the corpse to the buria
ground. Then she went away. She
said the poor dead girl had no friends
of any consequence"
The visitor bit his lip again.
Have you anything in your posses
sion now that belonged to the lady
that died?'
The "motherly woman" mods swift
ly. She disappears presently, only tC
return again with a traveling-bag IL
her hand.
"This is all, )" she says.
"All!" He grasps the bag, opens it
There is the usual paraphernalia
combs, brushes, powder-box, pencil
and lastly-a diary.
The stranger snatches at this diary.
He scans page after page in an eager
fashion, then he closes the book sud
denly. at was hers" he says in g
hushed tone, more to himself than to
his interested companion.
Still"
Then he bites his nails savagely, and
glowers at his companion.
Where is her purse?" he asks.
The "motherly woman" colors in dig
nantly.
IF the lady had a purse, it will be
found In the travelling bag
He rummages through the bag.
There is no sign of purse.
Describe the lady. Was she fair p
ayes. l should say so. Though her
face was so dreadfully burned that
one could hardly tell what it must have
looked like before the accident. She
had brown hair and blue eyes. am
certain she was blonde"
How was she attired2'
In black. / thought it was mourn
ing; she had Grape stones in her ears.
I'm certain now that she was in mourn
ing"
Then the visitors head sank far
down upon his breast. A sigh escapes
him. He rouses himself to find the ewes
of the "motherly woman" sternly fixed
upon him.
81 am satisfied, +" he says shortly. "At
first thought perhaps it might be q
case of mistaken identity; but your de-
scription has dispelled that thought.
But about the lady you spoke of; the
one who acted the part of the good
Samaritan Who is she, and where is
she now?'
The ~motherly woman" draws card
from her pocket, and with some pride
places the card in the outstretched
hand of her visitor.
He reads the name easily, for it is
written In a clear hand:
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-29
TO A COMPOSITOR.

o much-reviled, harshly scolded one,
L OF the pen q humble wielder-can
Witness that you with my essays have been
very patient, long -forbearing man.
Full many a word omitted you've supplied,
And many word superfiuous left out,
Ans many an involved paragraph released
And many line parenthesised about.
And o, what thanks for semicolons, and
Whole colOns, too, TO you, my friend, belong
Help which from readers mine the fact has KEEP
That in punctuation am not strong
True, once you cruelty boiled" my heroine
When she but -toiled," and once l saw
My hero kicked" instead of Kissed and once
You made me lay down Jaw in place o
law
But forgive you, and your cause espouse.
Let others frown at you, am your friend,
Ana viii be even when-I fear too soon
My literary labors end.
-Harper'S BIzdr.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-29
How 10 Gain Flesh and Strength.

Use after each meal SCOTS Emulsion
with Hypophosphites. 1t is as palatable as
milk, and easily digested The rapidity
with which delicate people improve with
its use is wonderful. Use it and try yom
weight AS remedy for consumption,
throat affections, and Bronchitis, it is UNI
equaled. Please read: 81 used SCOTS
Emulsion i'll a child eight months old with
good results. He gained four pounds in a
very short time. Tho. PRIM, NJ. d. Ala
hama.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-29
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
Topics of Interest Relating to
Farm and Household
Management
Information for the PlOwman, Stock.
man, Poulterer, Nurseryman,
and Housewife.
AGRICULTURE.
Soirin1 Grass Seed.


For many years, writes Massachusetts
correspondent of The New England Far
mer, it has been my practice to SOW about
one-half bushel of red top per acre in ad-
dition to the usual quantity of herb grass
and clover, and / find my crop OF hay
materially improved in quality and in
quantity, whether on dry hill or level and
more moist land. OF late others are doing
the same in this vicinity far more than
formerly. 1t is we'll known that seed as
light as red top is difficult to sow evenly by
hand, and as for several years last past /
have adopted q method of preparing my
seed to SOW so different from any others, as
far as l know, that give it for readers to
try if they wish: First, mix thoroughly
oil kinds of seed to be sown; second, for
sufficient quantity for an acre when mixed
in box or tub of suitable size, sprinkle in,
as it is stirred, say four TO six quarts OF water
evenly through the whole mass. This
should be done from twelve to twenty four
hours before sowing SO the water will be all
absorbed and the seed become swelled
Now stir it thoroughly, and it will be far
more evenly distributed than when dry. 1t
Is like sowing damp, not wet, sawdust.
Great care, however, IS needed that 1t does
not stand too long before sowing, as it will
generate heat and spoil if left to stand too
long. l have no land too high and dry for
red top; the most of my farm is on dry
hillsides and all near tho top of Randolph
hill, and my hay crop is fully one-third
better for sowing the red top.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-29

and thank her in person for her kind
ness to my dead relative"
Shall you take the bag?"
He shook his head In the negative.
"You may have it, and the contents
too l have no use for either"
Then he turned upon his heel, and
walked quickly in the direction of the
| carnafarv
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-29

In a Pittsburg theater the other
nj sht citizen arose in his seat ana Vlo-
lently hurled potato at dude VINO
was examining his (the citizen's) WI e
through an opera glass. and thereupon
three or four hundred persons vIgor-
ously applauded the husband.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-29

AT Oakland, Cal, one day last week,
lad while fishing at one of the wharves
managed to get his hook fast in the
mouth of drowned man at the bottom
of the bay, and instead of a supposed
mammoth fish pulled the hideous catch
10 the surface
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-29

THE quickest marriage on record oc-
Cured at Hagerstown, Md, one day
last week. The couple arrived on the
SIS train, and were married by oler-
gyman in waiting, who left on the SIG
train 10 continue trip he bad been
ma L inc
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-29
She scolds and frets,
She's full of pets,
She's rarely kind and tender;
The thorn of life
Is a tretful wife,

Try DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription.
Ten to one, your wife Is cross and tretful
because he is sick aud suffering, and can
not control her nervousness when things go
wrong. Make a healthy woman of her
and the chances are you will make cheer
full and pleasant one. "Favorite Prescrip-
tom is the only remedy for woman's pc
culiar ailments, sold by druggists, under a
positive guarantee from the manufacturers
that it will give satisfaction in every case,
or money will be refunded. See guarantee
on bottle wrapper. Large bottles 81. Six
for So
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-29
Three Bottles Cure Catarrh.

ELI ROBBINS, Runudn p. o., Columbia Co.,
Pa, says: My daughter had catarrh W a 4
she was five years old, very badly. l saw M.
Sage's Catarrh Remedy advertised, and pro-
cured a bottle for her, and soon saw that it
helped her; third bottle effected pcrlna-
nent cure. She is now eighteen years OLD and
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-29
MARION LAFARGE,
Stubblefield

Then he puts the card carefully in
his pocket
With your permission, | will keep
this" he says, speaking in a more civil
tone. Il would like to c all upon the lady
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-29
CHAPTER Y
THE QUESTION OF MARRIAGE.

% has been singing
to Madam. The cur
tains are drawn, the
wax candles lighted in
their silver sconces,
, and NJ a d a m b e r.
)self reclines at full
length upon the old
fashioned couch that
has stood for years
between the drawing
room windows at By
water Park. IN the
alcove at the piano
Loo spends her even
ings: for Madam in
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-29

ELDER EVANS, prominent member of
the Shaker community in Columbia
County, New York, who recently cele-
brated his eighty-fiith birthday, has eat
en- neither fish nor flesh for over fifty
five wears
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-29

travellers her claims to being a summer
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-29
"ConstantIy Hawking and spilting.'

THOMAS ]. RUSHING, Esq, 2902 Pine Street.
St. Louis, No, writes: q was great sufferer
hardly breathe, and was constantly hawking
and splitting, and for the last eight monthB
could not breathe through the nostrils. |
thought nothing could be done for me. Luck
lily, | was advised to try DR.. Sages Catarrh
Remedy, and ! am now well man. | believe
it to be the only sure remedy for catarrh now
manufactured, and one has only to give it ii
fair trial to experience astounding results and
rnanaut cure
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-29

For BRONCHIAL, AsTHMATIC AND Pull
MoNARY COMPLAINTS, ''BrO1Va's Bronchial
Iroches" have remarkable curative proper
ties. Sold only IN J0res
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-29
Offer No. 173.

FREE!-To MERCHANTS ONLY: An ele-
giant silver-plated water pitcher, frosted and
richly carved; height Is inches. Address
at once, r. w. TANsILL IL Co., 90 State
Street Chicago.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-29
aNOt Rulk but Rusiness ="

Is the way a Western man put it in express
ing to friend his complete satisfaction il
the use of DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative
Pellets So small and yet so effectual, they
bid fair to supplant entirely the old
style pill An ever-ready remedy toi
Sick and Bilious Headache, Biliousness
Constipation and all blood disorders. Mild
in action; wonderful in effect ! Put up il
walls, convenient To carry. Their use at
tended with no discomfort These sterling
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-29

JOHN l.. SrLLIvAN's waist has been
belted. But the proper place to belt
Sullivan is between the eyes. Cam
bridge GGz tie.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-29

A TYPO in the Riverside Gal. Press
Office eats pie with a knife seventy-fve
years old, and another has a coin over
two hundred wears old.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-29

THE luckiest man is often the most
unfortunate. In fact, TO emphasize the
paradox, there are men whose wonder
ful good luck has proved their utter
rum. On the other hand, some of the
grandest characters among men, and
some of the greatest of ife's successes,
have grown out of or been founded
upon misfortune and failure.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-29

You will get more comfort for 25c. in
Lyons Heel Stiffener than in any other
article you buy
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-29

BRONCHITIS is cured by frequent small
doses Of Piso's Cure for Consumption.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-29

Is CoyDussARY whisky distilled by
the army worm?
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-29
"Unto1d Agony from Catarrh,'

Prof. w. HAUSNER, the famous mesmerist.
of Ithaca, n. Y, writes: "Some ten years ago
| suffered untold agony from chronic nasal
catarrh. My family physician gave me up
incurable, and said | must die. My case was
such bad one, that every day, towards sun
set, my voice would become so hoarse | could
barely speak above a whisper. In the morning
my coughing and clearing of my throat would
almost strangle me. BY the use of DIR. Sages
Catarrh Remedy, in three months, was well
man, and the cure has been permanent.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-29
Literature for Bows.

No, oh, no writes Bob Burdette, in
the Brooklyn Eagle; we are not going
to pitch into the tive-cent blood and
thunder novelette,; not right directly,
at any rate. We were just looking over
a story in the June number of most
excellent and highly respectable juven-
lie magazine; good magazine, that
doubtless views with alarm, as do all
the rest of US, the poisonous literature
of the news stand. This story is about
| a boy, fifteen years old, who while
standing alone on his fathers engine,
on lonely siding, saw runaway train
of cars, started by the wind, sweep past
him down the grade. Unusual thing
the lightning express nearly due; the
train dispatcher always manages to have
lightning express about due when
anything of this kind happens. There
is mo telegraph wire, either" this is
also usual; road without wire is apt
to run lightning expresses and limited
every fifteen minutes. The boy thinks
quickly; boys of fifteen are always
quick thinkers; he runs his engine out
on the main line, setting the switches
for himself, for his father has gone to
supper, miles away in the country, pre-
sumably, as it is quite customary for
railway engineers to take all their meals
on distant ranches, leaving their
engines in charge of chill
dren. The runaway cars "are miles
away" and he has less than an hour"
to catch them. He caught the run
Always, which were flying like the wind;
he slowed up with excellent Judgment"
we should think so-crept along the
side of his flying engine, got on the
pilot, lifted the coupling bar with one
hand and reached over as he made
the coupling and dropped the pin in
with the other" had a struggle with
the flying cars, but at last checked
them; got them started back, he max
ing thirty-fve miles an hour and the
lightning in sight making sixty-on
a road without wire. He had ten
miles to run in this shape, but he made
1t, got in on the siding, time to turn the
switch, and the Lightning" thundered
by. Then "the boy tainted dead away"
No wonder; 1t was enough to make a
man faint to read it; it was high time
somebody tainted. Now, the question
IS just this: Does the boy get any
thing better out of such nonsense than
he does out of kid the Sleuth Hound :;
or, The Boy Terror of Cory Canyon ?"
Between ourselves and the comma, we
really find The Boy Terror" quite as
easy to believe and much more inter
esting reading. We haven't the least
objection to fiction; we rather like it,
but great scot, even fiction for boys
should have some sense in it, Not
much, perhaps, but just some.